A tragically large proportion of the Russian population are actively complicit in their own delusion
By Owen Matthews
He is in a great hurry to patch up the conflict between two of his most important trading partners
By Owen Matthews
His sensible, peace-talking statesman act flipped into something dark and irrational that has worried even his supporters
By Owen Matthews
For the Kremlin, sparking a war with the EU over refugees now would be ultimately self-defeating
By Owen Matthews
Putin’s love life remains the most taboo of forbidden subjects in Russia
By Owen Matthews
There were no breakthroughs — but at least, by Putin’s account at least, there was ‘no hostility’ between the two sides
By Owen Matthews
‘If you want to punish Lukashenko, give every young Belarusian a plane ticket and a Schengen visa’
By Owen Matthews
The American and Russian presidents have been taking potshots at each other for at least a decade
By Owen Matthews
Russia’s health service is infamously underfunded, but many of its doctors remain world-class
By Owen Matthews
In principle, Navalny is not wrong: people power can and has worked in Russia
By Owen Matthews
The botched assassination attempt was a personal humiliation for Putin
By Owen Matthews
Chaos and division is the real goal for Russia
By Owen Matthews
The Russian leader has published an extraordinary essay about the Soviet role in World War Two
By Owen Matthews
Putin’s People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Turned on the West by Catherine Belton reviewed
By Owen Matthews
